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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. InterSystems IRIS

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalability
Primary database modelRDF storeDocument storeDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.44
Rank#101  Overall
#4  RDF stores
Score13.15
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.20
Rank#110  Overall
#20  Document stores
#17  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#54  Relational DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iris
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.cls
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014InterSystems
Initial release200020122018
Current release4.9.0, July 20232023.3, June 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesno
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Implementation languageJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhostedAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freedepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.noyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'yes
Triggersyes infovia event handlerCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityyes, based on authentication and database rulesyes

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